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Winning streak was fun while it lasted

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The streak is over, as much as Penn State wishes it wasn't.

Indiana's fourth-quarter surge that led to a 44-24 win at Memorial Stadium snapped one of the longest winning streaks for one team over another in the Big Ten. The Nittany Lions' 16-game stretch of wins dated back to Nov. 6, 1993.

"After the game, we were really excited about the win," safety Greg Heban said. "But we weren't super shocked about it. We knew we were a good team."

The Hoosiers had never beaten PSU, but it's not like they had never come close.

That 1993 game was decided by seven points. The Hoosiers came within a field goal of winning in 2000, then were an emotional goal-line stand away in 2004.

In 2007 and 2011 they've were within a touchdown.

While Penn State tries to recover emotionally from its sloppiest game of the season, Indiana will celebrate.

"Penn State is one of the dominant programs in the Big Ten, and they are one of the standards you want to set your team to," coach Kevin Wilson said. "It was nice to go toe-to-toe with them today and come away with a win."

Dream game

When the Nittany Lions last played, Zach Ladonis was a typical Penn State student.

On Saturday, he looked like the best long snapper the Nittany Lions had on the football team.

The Berwick graduate and former Bulldogs tight end and defensive end went to walk-on tryouts for the Nittany Lions on Sept. 17 and made the team as a long snapper. He snapped flawlessly on all four of Alex Butterworth's punts, and he even made the tackle on Shane Wynn's 6-yard punt return in the fourth quarter.

It wasn't a perfect day for the Penn State snappers, though. Field goal snapper Ty Howle was inconsistent, firing a snap on the ground past holder Butterworth in the first quarter, costing the Nittany Lions a field goal attempt.

"Obviously, we didn't snap it well on that one field goal," O'Brien said.

"I thought Zach Ladonis did a nice job, a pretty decent job. But we'll have to snap better on field goals."

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